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2022 SPAAR Award Recipients
SPAAR's 2023 Winter Social at The Saint Paul Hotel brought together nearly 200 members and guests for dinner, awards and installations.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Book-club-2023-blog-header.png)
SPAAR 2023 Book Club: Fixer Upper: How To Repair America’s Broken Housing System
Practical ideas to provide affordable housing to more Americans. Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation’s housing systems.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Photo-of-MLK.png)
Why Martin Luther King Jr. Day Is Important To Our SPAAR DEI Committee?
Each year, SPAAR's DEI Chair is invited to share their thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. This year, Committee Chair Adriana Martinez shared MLK's importance to SPAAR's DEI Committee. Adriana is also the current president of NAHREP-TC.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mark-mason-meet-the-board.png)
The Final Introduction of SPAAR’s 2022 Board of Directors: Meet 2022 President Mark Mason
As a kid who wanted to build stuff when he grew up, the career path from civil engineer to investor to Realtor® may be no surprise.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/toys-1.jpg)
Toys for Joy resulted in great success for Anoka County
Toys for Joy held its annual community event in December with great success.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Statistics-Banner.png)
Sales down and inventory up amid slowing price growth
(December 15, 2022) – According to new data from Minneapolis Area REALTORS® and the Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS®, the metro saw its largest drop in year over year home sales this November, largely due to increased mortgage interest rates combined with unprecedented buyer activity in the fourth quarter of 2021.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/photo-of-speaker.png)
MNR Is Seeking Member Advocates for Its Key Contact Program
The Minnesota Realtors® lobbying team is looking for volunteers to be Key Contacts for the upcoming 2023 Legislative Session.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/photo-of-a-home-in-st.-paul-mn.png)